Smoker&#39;s utensil



E. SCHULTE AND J. WEITE, JR.

SMOKERS UTENSIL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1919.

Patented Jan. 11, 1921..

IN VEN TOR.

BY @M A TTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDMUND SCHULTE AND JOSEPH WEITE, J'Rf, 01E BRONXVILLE, NEW YORK; SAID SCHULTE ASSIGNOR TO SAID WEI'I'E.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

Application filed May 29, 1919. Serial No. 300,757.

T all whom it my concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND SonuL'rn, a citizen of the United States, res1d1ng at Bronxville, county of Westchester, and State to provide combinationalmeans for the smokers comfort and convenience. I

One ob ect of our invention is to provlde 1n combinatmn, a stand compr1s1ng an ash receptacle at the bottom thereof, cigar and cigarette holders 0r trays, a match or match box holder, and a cigar cutter, at the top thereof.

Another object is to provide a shutter at the bottom of said stand operable from the top thereof to discharge the collected ashes therefrom.

These and other objects will become apparent in the description below, in which characters of reference refer to like named parts I on the drawing.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the device taken on the plane 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a top view of the device.

Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the device.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the upper portion of the device taken on the plane fr-d of Fig. 2.

Fig. '5 is a vertical section through the ci ar cutter and match container.

eferring more particularly to the drawings, 1 represents a hollow standard or tube having a bell-shaped base or pedestal 2 supported on feet 3. The top 4 of said standard is spread out inte the form of an inverted bell. A ring band 5 sits in the top of said part a, flush with the flange extension 6. pair of rods or beams 7 bridge said ring 5, and supportthereon concentric rings 8 hav ing serrations or the like 9 on the upper surface thereof. An elbow 10 has one end rigid to the innermost ring 8 and the other projecting downward. for a purpose which will presently be described.

in substantially the center of said beams is mounted, rigid thereto, and within said rings a substantially cylindrical ba ll, at bath ends, hav

fork-like upwardly projecting portions 12, adapted to hold a box of matches, or other match container, therebetween. Contained on the top of said pedestal 11 andbetween the portions 12, is a combined cigar cutter and match box holder 13, shown in detail in Fig. 5. Referring to the latter, 14 is a substantially rectangular hollow frame having cupped openings 15 at each end adapted to receive the end of a cigar. Slots are cut into the top of the framel l to permit elbow levers 16 to slide therein. The lower projections 17 of said. levers are equipped with bosses 18 which securely hold cutting blades 19. It is apparent that, on depression of a lever 16, its blade 19 passes down over the opening 15, thus being adapted to cut off the end of a cigar. A transverse rod 20, sup-. ported withinthe frame '14, has coiled about it a spring 21, whose ends are prolonged to engage the shoulders 22 of the bosses 18, thus retaining said blades normally elevated above the'openings 15. 'An open-ring-like or substantially U-shaped clamp 23 is mounted on the top of said frame 14 to clamp and retain a box of matches.

A wire or cord 25 having its upper end shaped as shown at 24, passes down the hollow standard into the base, where-it is pivotally attached at 26 to a shutter 27 pivoted at 28. Said shutter, when closed, covers the outlet provided from the ash chamber inclosed by the walls 29. The spindle 28 is nearer the end opposite the pivot 26, so that the shutter rests normally closed by its own weight. The upper loop in the end 24 of the wire 25 provides a handle for lifting the same, and the lower loop a catch which is retained by the elbow 10. It is thus apparent that when the ash chamber is to be emptied, the wire 25 is simply removed by the handle 24- from the elbow 10 and lifted, thus tilting the shutter 28 and discharging the contents of the chamber. 811 release of the wire, the shutter is again closed.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is as follows 1. A device of the class described comprising a hollow standard, a base therefor containing" an. ash receptacle, a discharge shutter for said receptacle, and means located adjacent the top of the standard for said shutter.

cc of the described compris ing a hollow standard having a flared open top of greater width than the body of said standard and a base containing an ash receptacle, a shutter for said receptacle, and means for operating said shutter from the top of said standard.

3. A device of the class described comprising a hollow standard having a flared open top of greater Width than the body of said standard and a base containing an ash receptacle, a shutter for said receptacle, and means for operating said shutter from the top of said standard, said means passing through said standard.

4. A device of the class described comprising a hollow standard, a base therefor containing an ash receptacle, a discharge shutter for said receptacle, and means including a member extending 11 through the standard to the top thereo for operating said shutter.

5.. A device of the class described comprising a hollow standard having a flared open top of greater Width than the body of said standard and a base containing an ash tray therein, a shutter for said tray pivoted near one end, a rod passing through said standard pivoted near the other end, said rod projecting through the top of said standard.

6. A device of the class described comprising a hollow standard having a flared open top of greater width than the body of said standard and a base containing an ash tray therein, a shutter for said tray pivoted near one end, a rod passing through said standard ivoted near the other end, said rod projecting through the top of said standard, and having a curved end, and a lug in the top of said standard adapted to removably retain said curved end. I

In testimony whereof we have aflixed our signatures.

EDMUND SCHULTE. JOSEPH WEITE, J R. 

